Elizabeth (Allen) Wager (1672 - 1705)

Born 6 Sep 1672 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Wife of Andrew Wager — married 8 Aug 1689 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay

Descendants

Died 24 Oct 1705 at age 33 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay

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Biography

Elizabeth Allen, a twin, daughter of Hope Allen and his 3rd wife, Hannah (Townsend) Hull, was born 6 Sep 1672 in Boston, Massachusetts.^[1][2]

Elizabeth Allen and Andrew Wager/Waker/Walker (b.c. 1665) were married on 8 Aug 1689 in Boston, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts, by brother-in-law, Theodate Lawson.^[2][3][4] Their children included:

1. Andrew, baptized January 11, 1690/1 in the Second Church of Boston^[5], who was lost at sea circa 1717;^[2]
2. Charles, born April 17, 1693 and baptized April 23 in the Second Church of Boston^[6], who married Sarah Eades and Abigail (Reeve) Dickerson, and who lived in Long Island NY;^[2]
3. Allen, a twin, born February 19, 1699^[7] and baptized February 25, who died young;^[2]
4. Elizabeth, a twin, born February 19, 1699 and baptized February 25^[7], who died young;^[2]
5. Deborah, born October 6, 1701 and baptized October 12^[8], who married Reverend Nathaniel Henchman.^[2]

On 14 Dec 1691, Elizabeth, the wife of Andrew Walker, was among the children of Hope Allen who participated jointly in a sale of land.^[2]

Elizabeth (Allen) Wager, wife of Andrew, died on 24 Oct 1705 in Boston, Massachusetts.^[2][9]

Sources

1. ↑ Boston, MA: Births, Baptisms, Marriages, and Deaths, 1630-1699, page 122. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015.) Originally published as: A Report of the Record Commissioners of the City of Boston Containing Boston Births, Baptisms, Marriages, and Deaths, 1630-1699, Rockwell and Churchill, City Printers, Boston, Massachusetts, 1883, which states 1672; Allen: James & Eliza. of Hope & Hannah Allen born Sept. 6.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8} Hope Allen and Granddaughter Deborah (Wager) Henchman, by WInifred Lovering Holman, published in Volume 102, (1948) page 186, of The New England Historical and Genealogical Register. Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1847-. (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2018.)
3. ↑ Boston, MA: Births, Baptisms, Marriages, and Deaths, 1630-1699, page 187. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015.) Originally published as: A Report of the Record Commissioners of the City of Boston Containing Boston Births, Baptisms, Marriages, and Deaths, 1630-1699, Rockwell and Churchill, City Printers, Boston, Massachusetts, 1883, which states 1689: Andrew Waker & Eliza. Allen were married by the Rev. Theodate Lawson Aug. 8.
4. ↑ Torreys New England Marriages to 1700 (Volume 3, page 1583) shows the following information: WALKER/WAKER/WAGER, Andrew & Elizabeth ALLEN (1672-); 8 Aug 1689; Boston {Boston VR 187; Reg. 102:186, 191, 263 has Wager and Waker}.
5. ↑ Boston, MA: Church Records, 1630-1895, Old South Church, page 119 found in The Records of the Churches of Boston. CD_ROM. Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2002. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2008 .), which states 1690, January 11, Andrew, of Elizabeth Waker
6. ↑ Boston, MA: Births, Baptisms, Marriages, and Deaths, 1630-1699, page 208 (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015.) Originally published as: A Report of the Record Commissioners of the City of Boston Containing Boston Births, Baptisms, Marriages, and Deaths, 1630-1699, Rockwell and Churchill, City Printers, Boston, Massachusetts, 1883, which states 1693; Charles of Andrew & Elizabeth Waker born Apr. 17.
7. ↑ ^{7.0 7.1} Boston, MA: Births, Baptisms, Marriages, and Deaths, 1630-1699, page 249. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015.) Originally published as: A Report of the Record Commissioners of the City of Boston Containing Boston Births, Baptisms, Marriages, and Deaths, 1630-1699, Rockwell and Churchill, City Printers, Boston, Massachusetts, 1883, which states 1699; Allen & Eliza. of Andrew & Elizabeth Waker born Feb. 19.
8. ↑ Boston, MA: Births, 1700-1800, page 11. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2006.) Originally Published as: A Report of the Record Commissioners of the City of Boston Containing Boston Births from A.D. 1700 to A.D. 1800. Rockwell and Churchill, City Printers, Boston, 1894, which states Deborah Daughter of Andrew Waker and Elizabeth his Wife, Born 6 October 1701.
9. ↑ Boston, MA: Deaths, 1700-1799, page 36710. (Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2007), (Dunkle, Robert J. and Lainhart, Ann S. Boston Deaths, 1700-1799, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, 1999.), which states Elizabeth WAKER, wf. of Andrew died 24 Oct 1705

See also:

• RootsWeb.
• "Immigrants to America Before 1750," in the "Magazine of American Genealogy."
• "Boston Births, Baptisms, Marriages & Deaths, 1630-1699," page 773 & NEHGS "Register, Vol 102, October, 1948, page 263.
• American Marriage Records Before 1699, William Montgomery Clemens, Pompton Lakes, NJ: The Bilbio Company, 1926 Repository: Ancestry.com
• A Report of the Record Commissioners of the City of Boston, Massachusetts, 1630-1699, William H. Whitmore, Boston: Rockwell and Churchill, 1883. Genealogy Library.com, pg. 187.